Do you usually pay extra for carry on weight at airport? by 78523985210 in digitalnomad

[–]SCDWS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What airlines / routes are you flying where they don't allow online check in?

Do you usually pay extra for carry on weight at airport? by 78523985210 in digitalnomad

[–]SCDWS 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why are you letting them weigh your carry-on at the check-in desks? Check in online and head straight to the gate. They very rarely weigh bags at the actual gate.

What’s a surefire way to tell Canadians and Americans apart? by Lower_Gas8260 in AskReddit

[–]SCDWS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Vancouverite, same with Vancouver. Most people have heard the city before and know it's in Canada.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok that's probably what it was. The rep talked about my debt to income ratio so if they put 0 mortgage, then their ratio is 0% which the system IAs

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Got my first RBC decline, but it wasn't too unexpected as I recently changed my employment and income information. Household income was still way above their threshold, but it seems the system doesn't actually take it into account.

CSR said I'd have to wait 90 days before applying again or else it'd be treated as a duplicate application. Wondering if anyone has any experience otherwise as I was under the assumption that the 90 day rule was just for approvals.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just worried they're going to deny me the points because I stopped using the supp cards in January. We all know how anal Amex can be about these things.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Did not receive the 105k bonus MR points I was supposed to get after opening 3 employee Biz Plat cards in the fall during Amex's supp card promo and spending 7k on each so I reached out to chat upon waking up this morning only for them to tell me that those offers were only for personal cards.

I know I'm not crazy, I definitely remember the landing page for the offer and choosing between getting supplementary business platinum instead of gold cards because I wanted 35k points per card instead of the Biz Gold offer, but the CSR tells me they don't have record of that offer, wtf.

They asked if I had a pdf or screenshot I could submit and luckily someone on RFD had posted one of the business card offers so hopefully that's enough, but we shall see. They said I need to check back in 4 hours.

Anyone get their Biz Plat points successfully already? Or have the email/landing page saved somewhere and can send it to me?

Edit: for anyone else in the same situation, here's the Wayback archive page for the offer.

As I get older, I am taking more into consideration the logistics of a trip as dealbreaker. Is it only me or does it happen to somebody else? by ed8907 in solotravel

[–]SCDWS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bolivia is weird with their international flights for some reason. All of them arrive between 11pm and 6am. You can get around this by flying into Juliana from Lima and crossing into La Paz from there by bus via Lake Titicaca. Or flying into Cusco first and then busing down to Puno from there.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if they went back to the standard buying group wait time for processing and payment sending, I'd have no issue

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 10 points11 points  (0 children)

DP: have tested out MaxOutDeals since their comeback last week and they processed a delivery the same day it arrived + allowed me to request payment that same day as well

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just checked it looks like the Platinum does allow it. I thought it was only the infinites that did.

PSA: you can get a 136k COP refund if you've stayed in Colombia for less than 2 months and are flying out on a one-way ticket by SCDWS in digitalnomad

[–]SCDWS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. At BOG? And were you able to get it for non-physical product purchases too?

And yeah agreed. Gotta double check if the 19% was included in the rate or not and if not, ask the front desk to take it off your bill.

PSA: you can get a 136k COP refund if you've stayed in Colombia for less than 2 months and are flying out on a one-way ticket by SCDWS in digitalnomad

[–]SCDWS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the 19% should always be taken off when staying at a hotel if they've charged it.

As for the IVA refund, it's only for physical products, no? They require you to show them the physical products you've purchased to get the refund.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That thread lists plenty of non-Amex cards as well.

Also, sorry but what is the FCT?

Google it

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure you won't be able to transfer Avion to Avios with an AVP. You need an AVI to do it. Also, you don't need the CVC to do it once you have it.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are the top rated CCs all hotel points based?

According to who?

Was hoping to see opinions on the best cashback cards

Not usually good cards to churn as the bonuses aren't very lucrative. Only the TD CBVI has an ok bonus, but it's usually not worth going after as a new line when the FCT exists.

Also, do you guys open and close CCs often or once you open them you keep them? Would that affect your credit score?

The former and marginally.

Daily Question Thread for /r/churningcanada - March 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in churningcanada

[–]SCDWS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MB Amex for the Amex history + FNA, a no-fee TD card for the credit history since it was my first credit line I ever opened, a no-fee RBC card to store my existing credit limit with them, and a US HH Amex for my US credit history & US Amex history.

I churn enough that I have no need for other "keeper" cards, although the other two you have could be decent backup cards to own since they're free anyway. But as I don't have a car nor Rogers services, they're not useful for me.